Rare Nike running shoes fetch more than $400,000 at auction
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The 1972 vintage 'Moon Shoes' were the top lot in a New York sale that included trainers inspired by Back to the Future Part II
A pair of 1972 running shoes, one of the first pairs made by Nike, has sold for $437,500, shattering the record for a pair of trainers at public auction.
The so-called Nike "Moon Shoe," designed by Nike co-founder and track coach Bill Bowerman for runners at the 1972 Olympics trials, was the top lot in the first-ever auction dedicated to sneakers at Sotheby's auction house in New York on Tuesday.
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